Food Safety Inspection Service

BPT = Best Practicable (Control) Technology EPA - Environmental Protection Agency FDA = Food and Drug Administration FSIS = Food Safety Inspection Service IARC = International Agency for Research on Cancer NSPS = New Source Performance Standards OWRS = Office of Water Regulations and Standards PSES = Pretreatment Standards for Existing Sources PSNS = Pretreatment Standards for New Sources RfD Dose u.f. = Uncertainty Factor... 

Worldwide data are not readily available as many nations do not publish the results of their animal residue monitoring programs. The best available data are those published regularly by the Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). It is possible to go back over data for many years and demonstrate improvements in the residue situation, however the records for the past few years are the important ones as they are representative of current or recent events. Since the publication of worldwide residue data is at best sparse and not consistent, this chapter has made use of the regularly published residue data from the FSIS/USDA surveys, which are available on the Internet. The assumption made in this chapter, and perhaps there is a certain naivete to this assumption, is that international residue usage is similar to that found by the FSIS/USDA. This assumption is based upon the frequency of residues found in meat products imported into the U.S. 

USDA (1998). 1998 Domestic Residue Data Book. Food Safety Inspection Service, U.S. 

Funding for this work was provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety Inspection Services under interagency agreement number 13-37-7-046, and the work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract number W-7405-ENG-48. 

This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodbome pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. The book includes information from CDC, FDA, USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, and the National Institutes of Health. 

Monitoring activities are necessary to ensure that the process is under control at each CCP. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety Inspection Services (FSIS) requires that each monitoring procedure and its frequency be listed in the HACCP plan. Principle 5 Establish corrective actions. 

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In the United States, novel food ingredients or food ingredients produced by novel processes must be cleared by the FDA. In the case of meat and poultry, novel ingredients must also be cleared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). 

National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods, (NACMCF) Ha ard Analysis and Critical Control Point System, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USD A, Washington, D.C., 1989. 

Agriculture Department USDA agriculture, animal and plant health inspection, forest service, food safety. Rural Electrification Administration, soil conservation service... 

At a minimum, the method will be tested in one FDA laboratory and two contract laboratories selected by the sponsor. If the method is for a new animal drug in tissue regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as part of the meat inspection program, a Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)/USDA laboratory will be included if sufficient resources are available. The method trial will be conducted using control and incurred target tissues that are supplied by the sponsor. The sponsor may, on request, supply new or unusual reagents or standards. 

All About Shell Eggs. Food Safety and Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, August 1999, http //www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/shelleggs.htm... 

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USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, Microbiology Laboratory Guidebook, 2004. 

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) sets standards for food safety and inspects meat, poultry, and egg products produced domestically and imported. The Service inspects animals and birds at slaughter and processed products at various stages of the production process, and analyzes products for microbiological and chemical adulterants. FSIS also informs the public about meat, poultry, and egg product food safety issues. FSIS works with the Research, Education and Economics mission area on food safety research issues and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on instances where animal diseases impact food safety. FSIS also facilitates the management of US activities pertaining to the Codex Alimentarius Commission, an international organization created by the United Nations, to promote the health and economic interests of consumers while encouraging fair international trade in food. 

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Food Safety and Inspection Service of the Department of Agriculture (for meat, poultry, and eggs) and the Department of Transportation. Although laws and regulatory programs vary, most countries have agencies with similar sets of responsibilities. 

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is responsible for providing meat and poultry products to the consumer that are safe, wholesome, and unadulterated. Before marketing, meat animals and poultry must be properly withdrawn from antibiotics to ensure that the levels of antibiotics in edible tissues at slaughter are at or below the tolerances established by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), FDA is responsible for the approval and regulation of animal drugs used in animal husbandry in the USA,... 

As both human and veterinary medicine expand their armamentarium into more powerful classes of therapeutic agents, the range of drugs with a potential of use in food-producing animals is continuously widening. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has estimated that as many as 400 substances, not all of which are veterinary drugs, have the potential for use in food animal production (2). 

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), in Special Meat and Poultry Samphng Program, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC, p. 1 (1986). 

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